Dispensing machine



Nov. 20, 1951 Filed March 23, 1946 S. FRANK DISPENSING MACHINE 2SHEETS-SHEET l Nov. 20, 1951 s. FRANK 2,575,803

' DISPENSING MACHINE Filed March 23. 1946 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 Patented Nov.20, 1951 l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE'.

DISPENSING MACHINE Samuel Frank, Houston, Tex.

Application March 23, 1946, Serial No. 656,755

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a dispensing machine.

An object of the invention is to provide a machine of the characterdescribed particularly designed for dispensing oil cloth, and the like,from rolls.

It is another object of the invention to provide a machine of thecharacter described whereby the quantity of material, purchased by thecustomer, may be readily measured as the same is unwound from the roll.

A further object of the invention is to provide, in a dispenser, aroller onto which the dispensed material may be wound into a roll, to bedelivered to the customer, as it is unwound from the storage roll.

The invention also embodies novel means for severing the material to bedelivered to the customer from the material stored on the storage roll.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particularrelation to certain novel features of construction, operation andarrangement of parts, an example of which is given in this specificationand illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation.

Figure 2 is a horizontal, cross-sectional view taken on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary, vertical, sectional view taken on the line3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary, front elevation.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary, plan view, partly in section; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary, vertical, sectional view.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals ofreference designate the samep-arts in each of the figures, the numeral Idesignates the roll of stored material to be dispensed. The numeral 2designates a cabinet having the rearwardly declining shelves 2a, 2aforming a pocket 2b between them in which the roll I is stored.

In front of, and slightly beneath, the pocket 2b, there is a transversetube 3 over which the material to be dispensed is fed as sold and thistube is provided with a lengthwise slot K.

As the oil cloth, or other material, is unwound from the roll it may bemeasured by the vertical measuring tape 5 and is temporarily woundaround the roller 6.

There is a gripping device, designated generally by the numeral 1, whichis moved into contact with the unwound material so as to hold thematerial firmly gripped between said gripping device and the tube 3while the unwound material is being cut off as hereinafter described.

This gripping device embodies the spaced jaws la, la which are pivoted,at one end, to the bracket lb and whose other ends have a grippingroller lo between them which may be held in gripping relation with theunwound material by means of a pull spring "id. The gripping device maybe manipulated by a suitable grip, or handle, Te.

There is a knife 3 which is slidably mounted on a transverse rod 9 andhas the sharp cutting lades It, ill arranged in angular relation withrespect to the material being cut, as shown in Figure 5. These bladesproject through the slots i and are provided to cut off the requiredamount or" material for the purchaser and the cut oii material is woundaround the roller 6 which may then he slipped out of the dispensed rolland placed back in the end retainers H, II.

The numerals l2, l2 designate end brackets which are secured to the endsof the cabinet 2 and project forwardly therefrom, as clearly illustratedin Figures 2, 3 and 4. The retainers i I, I l, above referred to, aresecured to the inner sides of said brackets at their lower ends and theends of the transverse tube 3 and of the rod ii are secured to saidbrackets I2.

The drawings and description are illustrative merely while broadprinciple of the invention will be defined by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A dispensing machine comprising, a cabinet having a transverse shelfto support a roll of oil cloth or other sheet-like material, spacedbrackets secured to the ends of the cabinet and which project forwardlytherefrom and whose lower ends areformed into inside, transverselyaligned retainers, a receiving roller for the dispensed material whoseends are mounted in said retainers, a dispensing tube whose ends areanchored to said brackets and over which the material to be dispensed isfed, said tube having a longitudinal slot across which the materialpasses, a gripping device mounted on the tube adjacent the slot andarranged to be brought into gripping relation with the material to gripand retain the unwound material between said device and tube, atransverse rod whose ends are anchored to the respective brackets infront of, and spaced from, said tube, a knife mounted to slidelengthwise along said rod and having a blade which projects into theslot therefrom and whose lower ends are formed with inside retainerswhich are transversely aligned and provided to receive the ends of areceiving roller, a dispensing tube whose ends are anchored to thebrackets and over which the material" to" be dispensed isfed, said tubehaving a longitudinal slot across which the material passes, a grippingdevice mounted on the.

tube adjacent the slot and arranged to he brought into gripping relationwith the material to grip and retain the unwound material between thedevice and tube, a transverse rod whose ends are anchored to therespective brackets in front of, and spaced from, said tube, a knifemountedv to slide lengthwise on the rod and having a 4 blade whichprojects into the slot of the tube and which is adapted to sever theunwound material.

SAMUEL FRANK.

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